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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Letter From a Birmingham Jail”
“I Have a Dream Speech”

Pg. 911

How did the success of the Montgomery Bus Boycott help the civil rights movement?




What was Dr. King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance?




How did the following people influence Dr. King’s philosophies?
Jesus


Henry David Thoreau


Mohandas Gandhi


A. Philip Randolpf



Pg. 918
Why was Dr. King invited to go to Birmingham, Alabama?



What strategy were the civil rights activists going to try in that city?




Why were Dr. King and others arrested?




Why did Dr. King write the Letter from a Birmingham Jail?”




Read the excerpt on pg. 918 What was Dr. King’s message in the letter?





What happened during the two children’s crusades?




How did the media play a key role in the eventual desegregation of Birmingham, Alabama?




Pg. 920
What were the 2 parts of the Civil Rights law proposed by President
Kennedy?




Why did people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds gather in the national capital in August
1963?




What is the message of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech?




What happened in Birmingham 2 weeks after King’s speech?




What happened to President Kennedy’s pledge to support the civil rights movement?




Which president signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act?




What did this law do?